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Instinct FreshDried Bites Grain-Free Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe Dog Food, 24-oz bag
Instinct

FreshDried Bites Grain-Free Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe Dog Food, 24-oz bag

Evidence Fair
dry $37.43/lb

Instinct FreshDried Bites Grain-Free Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe Dog Food, 24-oz bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with pollock as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
39%
min
Fat
33%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
6%
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 pollock
  2. 2 beef
  3. 3 beef liver
  4. 4 beef kidney
  5. 5 beef spleen
  6. 6 beef heart
  7. 7 pumpkin seeds
  8. 8 carrots
  9. 9 apples
  10. 10 vegetable
  11. 11 ground flaxseed
  12. 12 montmorillonite clay
  13. 13 salmon oil
  14. 14 lactic acid
  15. 15 ground miscanthus grass
  16. 16 chicory root
  17. 17 vitamin e supplement
  18. 18 thiamine mononitrate
  19. 19 vitamin d3 supplement
  20. 20 salt
  21. 21 potassium chloride
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 zinc proteinate
  24. 24 iron proteinate
  25. 25 copper proteinate

Showing first 25 of 32. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.